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Friday, November 14, 2014

Obamacare Architect Built House of Cards

Obamacare Architect Built House of Cards

Commentary by Sanford D. Horn

November 14, 2014

Democrats are running away from Jonathan Gruber faster
than they ran away from Barack Obama during the midterm election campaigns. The
MIT economist and architect of Obamacare is so toxic, he may as well have Ebola
and Leprosy.

Gruber, who disingenuously claimed he was speaking off
the cuff and not thinking about his words, has not only lied about that, but
lied to the American people about the credibility of the Affordable Care Act,
a.k.a. Obamacare. At least four videotapes have surfaced, as of this writing,
where Gruber so arrogantly called the American voters stupid and that said
stupidity is what is needed to shove Obamacare down the people’s throats. These
videos defy Gruber’s claim he was speaking extemporaneously.

While most of the American citizens opposed and still
oppose Obamacare, demonstrating their intelligence, as opposed to stupidity, it
must be the Congressional Democrats who supported Obamacare that are the stupid
ones. But then again, this is the same monstrosity House Minority Leader Nancy
Pelosi (D-CA) said had to be passed before they could find out what was in that
2,000-plus page behemoth of a bill.

The only way this, the Affordable Care Act, will succeed is
by preying on the stupidity of the American voters, said Gruber in 2009. He
doubled down by later saying the “stupidity of the American voter is critical”
in getting this passed. Additionally, Gruber said the “exploitation of a lack
of knowledge of the American voter” is necessary. Reports have been produced
proving Gruber actually told Obama it is necessary to hoodwink and lie to the
American people in an effort to get them to swallow the bitter and expensive
pill that has become Obamacare. While Obama has denied that Gruber was a part
of his administration, there is a record of the rogue economist having visited
the White House 19 times.

Former Montana Senator Max Baucus (D) called Gruber “an
outside expert,” while soon to be Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV)
called him “one of the most respected economists in the world.”

And in a moment of lucidity, Howard Dean, a doctor and
former DNC chairman said, “Obamacare was written by elitists who don’t
fundamentally understand the American people.” Yet Dean was an early supporter
of Obamacare, attending a number of town hall meetings during those early days
to help explain it to people. (I attended one such meeting in Reston, VA,
hosted by US Rep. Jim Moran (D-VA) where Dean did most of the talking.)

Dean is not the only one to put distance between himself
and Gruber. Pelosi, just three days ago, claimed not to know who Gruber is in
an episode of selective amnesia, when there is video evidence she not only
knows who he is, but praising him for his work in November 2009.

Even the media has balked at reporting this story – the major
networks and newspapers such as The
Washington Post and New York Times.
Fox News has been on top of this story. Dr. Marc Siegel, a Fox News
contributor, said, “This is a cancer,” about Obamacare. Siegel went on to
remind people that in 2015 the individual mandate will more than triple, from
$95 to $325, or two percent of their income, whichever is higher.

For his lies and insults, Gruber was paid about $400,000
in 2009 by the Obama administration – Health and Human Services, which has been
eerily silent on this matter. On the other hand, Obama’s silence, tantamount to
support of Gruber, should come as no surprise. This cloak of opaqueness and
belief in the stupidity of the American people is an indictment of the Obama administration
and how they really feel about the American people. Gruber should be required
to return this money – plus interest – call it a stupid tax.

This fraud perpetrated on the American people should be
cause enough to invalidate Obamacare, or the Supreme Court decision making it
the law of the land. As said several years ago when Obamacare was thrust upon
the nation, the American people should not be forced to purchase a product they
may not want. Freedom of choice seems to be a Democrat Party mantra, but only
on abortion. On all other decisions, Democrats and Obama believe government is
best to make them for the people – because like Gruber, they think we the
people are stupid.

Call, write, and/or e-mail your member of Congress and
demand Obamacare either be invalidated, defunded, or returned to the Supreme
Court now that the light of day has been shone upon it. It’s up to the people
to take action and have our voices be heard. Act now!

1 comment:

I just heard that Jonathan Gruber got over $6million from different State consulting fees. In SD we hired Gruber's co-workers (Peggy Handrich and Cindy Gillespie) to help us set up our healthcare exchange (it was never voted on...it just appeared). Stuart Varney said today on Fox news business that the Insurance Companies got carrots to help promote Obamacare. South Dakota's main industry is Sanford Health insurance (as in T Denny Sanford...the billionaire who got rich off of selling high interest credit cards to college students and ruining them financially...the same MO he uses for healthcare) and Sanford's CEO has said, "No matter what your politics are, we cannot repeal ObamaCare or Sandford will have to go back to the drawing board." So we know our "Republican" leadership in SD is bought and paid for by pro-ObamaCare money. But how can we tell if SD paid Gruber any money?